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Originally Posted by cybmole
well technically that's not legal either,
your example is akin to converting your purchased music from CD to I-gizmo or vice versa. I don't have an issue with it but corporate lawyers see the world differently.
they'll argue that you don'' buy ( i.e. own) an e-book ever- you just own a licence to view it on a particular gadget in a particular format, until such time as they change their coprorate minds ( like in the 1984 kindle fiasco)
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And then the EFF will step in and argue that format shifting is just as legal for ebooks as time shifting was for the Sony Betamax VCR and both sides will spend gobs of money going to the Supreme Court (for U.S. citizens) or to wherever (in other countries) and arguing about fair use and other legal niceties. In the end, each user has to decide for him/herself whether what he/she's doing is legal/moral, and then accept the consequences of that decision.